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- 2020 Writers Symposium
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- A to Z index
- Accessibility and inclusion
- Channels
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- Content design at Intuit
- Content patterns
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- Content checklist
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- Content strategy 101
- Content testing
- What’s new
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- Word list
- A
- a.m.
- above, below
- accept
- access
- account
- account names
- account statement
- accountant
- accountant ready
- accounts payable (A/P)
- accounts receivable (A/R)
- accrual, accrual-based
- ACH
- active, inactive
- add
- add-in/add-on
- adjusted gross income (AGI)
- admin
- adviser
- advisor
- agent
- aging
- aging report
- AI
- all rights reserved
- allows, allows you to
- Alternative Minimum Tax
- AMT
- and so on
- and/or
- anti- words
- any time (adj.), anytime (adv.)
- app
- appears
- arrears (bill in arrears)
- assist, assistance
- AST
- at the top, at the bottom
- auto- words
- auto-categorization
- auto-fill
- autopay
- B
- back up (v), backup (n, adj)
- back-end
- backdated
- backorder
- bank
- bank transfer
- bank-level security
- based on
- best selling (n.), best-selling (adj.)
- beta
- bi- words
- bimonthly
- birth date
- biweekly
- black box
- black hat (hacking)
- Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)
- blacklist (n., v.)
- bottom left, bottom right
- box 14
- breach, breached
- bug
- business name
- busywork
- button
- C
- C corporation
- CAD
- can
- can’t
- canceled, canceling, cancellation
- capture
- cash flow
- cell phone
- cha-ching
- chart of accounts
- check (US), cheque (UK, CA)
- checkmark
- Child and Dependent Care Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- choose
- click
- close
- cloud, cloud-based, cloud-based computing, cloud computing
- collapse
- company
- company file
- company name
- compromised
- computer
- confirm
- congratulations
- connect, connection
- contractor
- copy
- corrupt, corrupted
- CRA
- crash
- cursor
- customer
- Customer Support, TurboTax Help Team, help team
- customize
- D
- dark mode
- dark UX
- data
- day care, day-care facility, family day care
- DBA; Doing business as
- deactivate
- dear
- default
- Department of Revenue
- deselect
- device
- dialog
- dimmed
- direct debit
- disable, disabled
- disc, disk
- disconnect
- dismiss
- display (n.)
- display (v)
- display name
- double-check
- double-click
- double-tap
- downgrade
- download
- drag
- drawer
- dropdown
- E
- e-commerce
- E-File & Pay
- e-file, e-pay, e-signature, e-payments, e-service
- e-lodge
- e.g.
- earlier
- Earned Income Credit
- Easy Extension, TurboTax Easy Extension
- easy, easily
- ebook
- edition
- EIC
- EIN
- electronic check, eCheck
- Employer Identification Number (EIN), Employer ID Number (EIN)
- employer-provided benefits
- enable
- ensure, insure
- Enter
- enter zero, enter 0
- etc.
- exit
- expert
- ExplainWhy
- export
- extensions, filenames
- F
- G
- H
- I
- i.e.
- ID
- identity
- import
- in order to
- in vs. on
- in-product Help
- inactive
- Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
- info links
- info, information
- insight
- Internal Revenue Service, IRS
- internet
- intranet
- Intuit 1099 E-File Service
- Intuit Account
- Intuit GoPayment, GoPayment
- invalid
- invoice
- itemized deductions
- J
- K
- L
- Lacerte
- landing page
- later
- launch
- leak, leaked
- Learn more
- left-hand/right-hand
- legal business name, legal name
- liability
- license key
- Lifetime Learning Credit
- line 13, salaries and wages
- link (v.)
- log in / log on (verb)
- log out / log off
- long-term, long term
- low income (n.), low-income (adj.)
- lower
- lump sum (n.), lump-sum (adj.)
- M
- N
- O
- P
- paid family leave
- pane
- pass-through entity
- Pay this vendor with
- paycheck
- payee
- payer
- personal identification number, PIN
- pinch
- pixelated, pixilated
- please
- plug in (v.); plug-in (n.)
- pm
- pointer
- pop-up (n., adj.)
- postal code
- powered
- pre- words
- press
- prior-year return, in a prior year
- ProConnect Tax Online
- profit and loss
- program
- property, plant, and equipment (PP&E)
- pull
- purchase order (PO)
- Q
- QB, QBO
- QBO Blog
- Qualifying Widow, Qualifying Widower
- Quantity on Hand, quantity on hand, on-hand quantity
- quarter-to-date; QTD
- Québec/Revenu Québec
- QuickBooks
- QuickBooks data, QuickBooks file
- QuickBooks Desktop
- QuickBooks for Mac
- QuickBooks Live Community, QuickBooks Community
- QuickBooks mobile app
- QuickBooks Online
- QuickBooks support site
- quit
- R
- S
- S corporation
- satisfaction guarantee
- Save and Next; Save & Next
- save time, timesaver (n.), time-saving (adj.)
- scan
- Schedule C, Schedules C
- screen
- screen name
- screenshot
- scripting error
- scroll
- SDK
- section 179
- select
- self-employed
- semiannual
- set up (v.), setup (n., adj.)
- shake
- shopping cart
- short-term(adj.), short term(n.)
- shortcut
- shortcut menu
- show, hide
- shut down
- sign in (v.); sign-in (n.) (adj.)
- sign in to
- sign on
- sign out (v.)
- sign up (v.); sign-up (n.) (adj.)
- simple, simply
- since vs. because
- single
- single sign-in
- Social Insurance Number, SIN
- Social Security
- Social Security number, SSN
- Sole proprietorship
- sorry
- specialist
- spouse
- Standard Deduction
- start
- state, your state return
- sub-category
- sub-class
- sub-customer
- sub-department
- sub-item
- subaccount
- subcontractor
- submit
- subtotaled, subtotaling
- sunset
- Support
- suspicious activity
- swipe
- swiper
- switch
- sync
- system tray
- T
- T4 slip
- tap
- Tax Pro Center
- tax reform
- tax year
- tax-exempt
- taxpayer
- Taxpayer Information Worksheet
- text, texts
- thanks, thank you
- The QuickBooks Team
- theft
- they
- third party, third-party
- till
- timeout, timed out
- timesheet
- TLS encryption
- to
- To Do’s, to-do, to-do’s
- toggle
- totaled, totaling
- touch
- touch and hold; touch + hold
- trademark; trademarks
- traditional IRA
- transaction
- transfer
- traveled, traveling
- TurboTax
- turn on, turn off
- type
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- A
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- test
- Testing Components
- title of word
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